Ancient Olympics Web Quest

06Dec

In History we will be looking at how the Olympics in Ancient Greece differed from those today. Click on the image to the right to enter the webquest. Your task is to make comparisons between the Olympics from the two periods. Comment your discoveries onto this blog post. Remember you can reply to each others’ comments, so use this to ask questions too.

Answer of task 1, 1: In ancient Greece training was very important. An important reason for men to be fit was so that they were ready to go to war. All Greek cities had training areas where men could exercise.

Answer of task 1, 2: No

Answer of task 2, 1: They had Chariot races and Horse races, but not Bike races

Q2.
At one time, Olympics athletes had to undergo supervised training for ten months. They had Olympics games to honour Zeus and Apollo. (both Greek Gods). There were competitions in music, Poetry, Drama and also Athletics.